WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Marian University softball (0-2, 0-0 NACC) was defeated 9-0 by Illinois College and 4-3 in eight innings by Alvernia to open the season.
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- The opening game of the day saw Illinois College score three runs in the top of the first inning, which proved to be enough.
- The Sabres were limited to three hits in the defeat.
- Marian is now 2-2 all-time against Illinois College.
- In game two of the day, Marian threatened in the first and third innings, but Alvernia scored the opening run in the bottom of the third.
- Marian was finally able to break through in the next half inning when junior Alexa Paulsberg drove in fellow junior Carissa Heisdorf with a double.
- The tie game didn't last long, though, as Alvernia took a 2-1 lead heading into the fifth.
- A double from sophomore Mackenzie Christofferson in the top of the sixth helped tie the game as her pinch-runner, sophomore Kathryn Albright, would score shortly after on a wild pitch.
- The game eventually went into extras where junior Ariana Schliepp drove in the inherited runner for Marian to give the Sabres their first lead of the game.
- Marian stranded the bases loaded, however, which proved to play a factor as Alvernia was able to score two runs in their half of the eighth.
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Sophomore McKenna Repovich tossed 3.2 innings of scoreless relief between the two games. |
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Sophomore Erin Cowe went 2-for-4 with a run scored against Alvernia. |
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Junior Riley Mankowski was the lone Sabre to have a hit in each game. |
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Monday, March 3
Winter Haven, Fla.
9 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. (ET) |
